The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1887-07-09

other way can Ne occount Tor that
peculiar congIouerat "a honesty and
chicanery. integrity and rascality, ed
ucation and ignorance, sense and nom
sense, craftsmanship and stumporatory
which pervades the capitol at Washing
ton when congress h in session. Not all
the laws which einanate from that body
of legislators are worthy OF being written
ON the statute books OF the country.
Many Of them are only for the purpose
Of fostering some great monopoly con-
trolled by a few men who are rapidly
rolling up large fortunes at the expense
Of the masses. Very Few are made which
benefit the whole people. But these men
are sent there by the people themselves
and II results are not satisfactory the
voters are the ones upon whom the
blame should fall.
Let w. look 1T some 81 the provisions
Of the constitution and see how they are
being Carried out That document pro-
vides that con gress has power "to Dor
row money on the credit Of the United
States, coin money and regulate the
value thereof" We have here coin Of
recent date issued under that authority.
Let us examine il. On one side We find
the words Omitted States OF America
Zone dollar" In the center is the rep
rcsentation OF IN eagle with out-spread
wings ms II just rising in air, in its talons
"a bunch Of heavily pointed arrows; and "A
bush OF some kind What the arrows
bush is no doubt intended TO brush
away the flies. Underneath the bird il
"a string of foliage oi unknown variety
and Arranged i'm the form ~ n hens neat.
4 The eagle has sort oi scared look as il
IL was being frightened off the nest. Be-
tween the tips OF the out-stretched wings
and just over its head is the inscription in
gothic letters, SIN God we trust" Bank
ers inform us that the intrinsic value OF
this dollar is about seventy-eight cents
in gold. So that the inscription means
that congress has created Il dollar out OF
seventy-eight cents worth Of silver and
twenty-five cents worth al trust i'm
God" We submit that this Is uncon-
stitutional for il is not borrowing money
on the credit Of the United States. We
can trust in Cod in spiritual affairs
but there is no authority anywhere
whereby we can be compelled by con
gressonal action TO extend this faith to
financial affairs. II congress can make a
dollar out OF chunk of silver worth
only scventy-cight cents it can make one
out of yet less metal and reduce the in
trinsic value until one OF the standard
coins Of this country will be really worth
no more than the brass baggage check ol
, a narrow gauge railroad. But il IL said
that five OF these dollars will buy TN,
that can be obtained for FIVE dollar
! gold coin. That Is true, and continues
> SO in transactions Of moderate amount
, yet the people do not like 20 handle them
: in large sums and their use will be limit
+ ed. For that reason the United States
, treasury is compelled 10 enlarge its stor
age capacity in order 10 have room &c
+ keep these coins which are actually nc
cumulating there. Let us see what il on
the other side OF this remarkable piece o
, so-called money. IL is mostly taken M
; with medallion female head supposed
! Co be that Of the modern Goddess o
, Liberty. Her straight nose, firm mouth
prominent chin, and solid cheek indicate
to the most casual observer that she il
female Of vigorous character and in
, clined 10 have her own way. Her ~,
looks out upon life boldly, her forehead
} il well defined and her abundant tressef
are brushed back and confined with u
broad band under which by way ol
ornament IL tucked n little bunch OF
: ears OF wheat to indicate that she or
iginally belonged TO the Granger family
On the band which holds her hair back
is engraved the word Liberty" and
above the whole is the Latin motto IF
} Pluribus Unum," the two together evi.
IDENTITY meaning that this is only one ol
the many liberties that congress has
taken with the Goddess. The thirteen
stars, seven on one side and six ON the
other indicates the thirteen original
states and the figures at the bottom the
date Of coinage. The original Goddess OF
Liberty ma depicted ON the earlier coins
of our country was full length repre-
sentation OF female clad in "A sort oi
IL. a. a. kIss III